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-W. SCHALK.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT-16, 1914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

30/ W/T/VCEEEE 12 @ZYEWmJ A T NEYE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH vr'iLIAM SGHAL-K,OF WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1 915.

Application filed October'16, 1914. Serial No. 866,903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILIAM SOHALK, a citizen of the United States, andresident of WVest Allis, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements-in Boxes, ofwhich-the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to boxes.

The invention designs more particularly to provide a foldable shippingbox. One of the uses of a box of'this kind is in the shipping of leaftobacco. Formerly tobacco was shipped in boxes which could not bereadily opened to inspection and the present device is designed toobviate this difficulty by pro viding a foldable boxso that the ends,sides and top of the box may be thrown down and out of the'way to permita thoroughiinspection of the tobacco. Furthermore, it isnecessary tohave a strong box but the tobacco itself should not be brought intocontact with the metallic reinforcement and therefore the box hasbeen'constructed to have an interior lining of wood'or other suitablematerial which also forms-the box sections and to have the metallicreinforcement and binding placed upon the outside of the box.

The invention further designs to provide a box made up of foldablesections, each of said sections being provided with metallicreinforcement which is vpivotally connected to the metallicreinforcement of the adjacent section and means for fastening thereinforcing means together.

The invention further designs to provide means for fastening the boxsections together by means adapted to be connected to the reinforcingmembers.

The invention further designs-to provide a new and improved form of box.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of the box; Fig. 2is-a viewof-one side'thereof; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the box";-the

cover being raised; Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44: of Fig. 2;Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a view ofthe box in unfolded condition.

The box comprises a bottom 7, sides 8 hinged thereto, top 9 hinged toone of the sides, ends 10 hinged at either end of the bottom 7 and meansfor reinforcing and connecting these sections together. The top, bottomand sides are preferably made of solid pieces of wood or other materialwhile the ends are made of a plurality of pieces 11 I spaced apart toprovide for air space as in the use of the box in connection withtobacco it is necessary that proper ventilation be provided.

The bottom 7 is provided with a plurality of reinforcing members or bars12 preferably of sheet metal which are secured within recesses 13extending transversely of the bottom. The sides 8 are likewise providedwith a plurality of reinforcing members 14: similar to the bars 12 andare secured within transverse recesses 15 therein. The bars 12 on thebottom section 7 extend outwardly and are hinged to the extensions 16 ofthe bars 14: of the side sections and the top 9 which is also providedwith bars 17 secured within transverse recesses 18 is hinged to oneof'the sides 8 in the same manner as the bottom section is attached tothe sides. Thus it will be-noted that the reinforcing members or bars12,14 and 17 form continuous bands extendingaround the top, bottom andsides of the box and secured within recesses therein and toleach other.

The pieces 11 are connected together to form the end sections 10 by aplurality of reinforcing bars 19 which are secured in recesses 20 insaid pieces extending transversely thereof and these bars are hingedlysecured to the extensions 21 which are riveted to the bars 12 and extendat an angle thereto. Extensions 22 are riveted to the bars 19 and extendoutwardly from the ends of the box and have apertures 23 therein. Theend edges of the sides 8 have recesses 24. therein to receive theextensions 22 of the bars and apertures 25 adjacent saidrecesses andextending lengthwise of the sides to a position adjacent the transversebands 14. Threaded nuts 26 having lugs 27 thereon are fastened to. thebands 14 adjacent said apertures 25, the lugs 27 permitting the nuts 26to be riveted to the bands as shown in Fig. l.

iBolt's or other suitable fastening means 28 pass through the apertures23, 25 and into the nuts 26 which being embedded in recesses 29 in thesides 8 connect the bands 22 with the bands 14 and consequently the ends10 to the sides 8.

The top 9 has apertures 30 adjacent apertures 31 in the bands 17whichapertures are adapted to receive screw bolts 32 or other suitablefastening means which pass through threaded plates 33 secured inrecesses 34 on the edge of one of the side sections 8 and riveted to theends of the bars 14:- The screw bolts 32 thus serve to connect the bands17 and 14L together and also secure the top to the side.

Strips 35 are secured on the inner side of the bottom 7 adjacent theends and serve as stops for the ends 10 when they are in position andtriangular shaped stop strips 36 on the ends 10 and sides 8 serve tokeep the ends and sides in proper position when the box is assembled.

In the use of the box the sides 8 are turned up against the bottom 7 andthe ends 10 are secured to the sides by the bolts 28 which pass throughthe extensions 22 andinto the nuts 26 in the sides 8. The box is thenpacked and the top is then secured to the opposite side section 8 by thebolts 32. If it is desired to inspect the contents of the box the bolts28 are removed and the ends dropped down and the bolts 32 removed andthe top and sides dropped down leaving the contents of the box restingupon the bottom '7 open to inspection.

From the foregoing description it will be noted that the interior of thebox is wholly of wood or other suitable material and that the exterioris provided with metallic reinforcing members which are disposed inrecesses in the respective sections to provide a smooth outer surface,that these members also serve toconnect the difierent sections of thefoldable box together and that the fastening means for holding thesections to gether are also connected to these members so that thereinforcing means with its connections form a foldable skeleton framework to which the fol'dable'sections are attached.

The invention is not to be restricted to the details of constructionherein set forth but may be varied so as to be within the scope ofappended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A box comprising a solid top, bottom, side and end sections,reinforcing means secured to said sections, hinged connections betweenthe reinforcing means on the bottom section and the side sections,hinged connec tions between the reinforcing means on the top section andone of the side sections, re-

between the reinforcing members on the bottom section and the sidesections, hinged connections between the remforcmg members on the topsection and one of the side sections, hinged connections between thereinforcing members on the bottom section and the end sections, andmeans secured to the reinforcing members on certain of the sectionscooperating with means passing through the reinforcing members on thesections disposed adjacent thereto to secure the sections in assembledposition.

3. A box comprising foldable top, bottom, side and end sections,reinforcing members secured to said sections, hinged connections betweenthe reinforcing members on the bottom section and the side sections,hinged connections between the reinforcing members on the top sectionand one of the side sections, hinged connectionsbetween the reinforcingmembers on the bottom section and the end sections, nuts secured to thereinforcing members adjacent the sides of the side sections and adjacentthe top of one of the side sections, said side sections having aperturestherein in line with said nuts, and bolts passing through apertures inthe reinforcing members of the end and top sections and through theapertures in the sides of the side sections and in the top of one of theside sections for locking engagement with said nuts to secure thesections in assembled position. i

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence'of twowitnesses.

WILIAM SCHALK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

